tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15860677.post297946560747789317..comments2024-03-25T14:27:40.121-05:00Comments on Heart, Mind, Soul, and Strength: The Tree that Fell in the Forest: Why God Created?Weekend Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10425001168670801073noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15860677.post-23273406039095163542015-09-21T12:32:18.942-05:002015-09-21T12:32:18.942-05:00I wouldn't say that God has "needs"....I wouldn't say that God has "needs". I would say that God's greatness, in all its fullness (as creator, as Lord of Hosts, etc) is unrealized without creation. And if "Truth" is "the mind's map of reality" and there is no other mind into which to map ... <br /><br />Take care & God bless<br />Anne / WFWeekend Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10425001168670801073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15860677.post-70949753881227501382015-09-21T11:09:13.214-05:002015-09-21T11:09:13.214-05:00Nicely written post, but I can't say I agree w...Nicely written post, but I can't say I agree with it. I would say that God is completely self-sufficient, that he has no needs at all (Psalm 50, Acts 17:25), not even a need to be "recognized" for who he is. He commands us to worship him not because he needs it but because WE need it. He cares for creation and grieves over it, but for its sake, not because he has any lack within himself.<br /><br />God says I AM, meaning his existence does not need to be defined with reference to anything outside of himself. He is already Truth and Life. He is all-full and purely giving, complete love. His creative acts may glorify his Name, but they cannot add to him something that was missing. As for God being alone, he is never alone, he always has his Son and Holy Spirit proceeding from him and resting in his bosom, in eternal blissful holy joy. If he does not already have joy, he cannot give it to us either.<br /><br />We humans, on the other hand, crave recognition and status precisely because we are of the earth and insignificant. This is why we need God, and each other. But there is a danger that we project our own loneliness onto the divine nature. Perhaps because we experience the need for him most, when we ourselves are lonely.<br /><br />This makes it all the more remarkable that, even though God has no needs of himself, he freely chose to be united to a human nature which did have unsatisfied wants and needs, in order to draw close to us and save us.Aron Wallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10552077344304954390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15860677.post-69163863682338262552015-09-17T20:34:11.888-05:002015-09-17T20:34:11.888-05:00Said the man who has done so much to make sure tha...Said the man who has done so much to make sure that this blog isn't the blog that fell in the forest ... <br /><br />Thank you!<br /><br />Take care & God bless<br />Anne / WF<br />Weekend Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10425001168670801073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15860677.post-19207033760840456232015-09-17T17:56:52.561-05:002015-09-17T17:56:52.561-05:00That's deep!That's deep!Martin LaBarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14629053725732957599noreply@blogger.com